dynamic text won't display on stage

[ofranko]

i've written a small app for kids....i'm now trying to display a score using classic dynamic text... i've tried a few different things but i can't get it to display on my stage, however, it does display when i use trace statements...

Will you tell me what is wrong with txtScore1.text = ___________?
i use this in my fxScoreIncrease()


import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
//import flash.events.MouseEvent;
//import totScore.totScore;
stop();

var myDelay:Timer = new Timer(5000,1);
var snd:Sound = new cCat();
var channel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
//var theScore:totScore = new totScore();
var myScore:Number = 0;
var theText:TextFormat = new TextFormat();

letterC1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,showLet C);
//instance letterC1;
letterA1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showWrong);
//instance letterA1;
letterT1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, showWrong);
//instance letterT1;

play1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fxSndPlay);

function showLetC(Event:MouseEvent):void
{
initSound.backgroundColor = 0xffff00;
initSound.textColor = 0x000000;
initSound.text = "c";
fxScoreIncrease();//fx call
myDelay.start();
myDelay.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fxNextScene);
}
function fxScoreIncrease():void//*******
{
theText.size = 24;
var increaseBy:Number = 1000;
myScore += increaseBy;
txtScore1.textColor = 0x000000;
trace((myScore) +"score");// works
txtScore1.text = "x";//no output
trace(txtScore1.text);//works
//String(myScore / 10);
}

function fxNextScene(evt:TimerEvent)
{
this.nextScene();
}

function showWrong(evt:MouseEvent):void
{

theText.size = 24;
initSound.backgroundColor = 0xff0000;
initSound.textColor = 0x000000;
initSound.text = "*";

}

function fxSndPlay(evt:MouseEvent):void
{
channel.stop();
//stops repeat/echo;
channel = snd.play(0,0);
}

[ofranko]

i had the anti-alias property on............ :-(

i set it back to use device fonts

[SuperMonkey]

In this case you should also look into embedding characters for the font you are using in your dynamic text. Embedding uppercase, lowercase, numerals and punctuation should suffice in most cases.